The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07
ITEMS IN THREE STATES
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

One of the Party That Captured
Ex-President Davis.
GEORGIA.
Rev. H. D. Smith, Of Charlottesville,
died Tuesday.
Hartwel's greatest need just now IS more
dwelling houSes to rent
Twelve mountain wagons with apples and
chestnuts were in HarIwell last week.
capitalist from South Carolina has re
Gently invested over $4,000 in city real es-
tate at Tallapoosa, mostly suburban lots.
The foundation of the school building at
Hartwel is being laid, and the building VIII
he pushed to completion as rapidly as posi-
BILE.
There was no Sheriff 5 sales at Hartwell
last Tuesday, but Sheriff Roberts sold at
public outcry 700 acres of land which
brought s., 400.
Douglas Blalock colored) was stabbed by
white man named John Boo, at Barnes
vile, day or two ago. The exact nature
of his injuries are unknown
Ten bales of cotton, rescued from the
steaker Katie disaster, were stolen by, as
vet unknown, thieves, from the river bank,
between Mills landing and the lake, IN
Scriven county.
Some one shooting on Dr. Greene's farm
near Fort Valley day or two ago shot two
number of shot were embedded in their
faces and heads but the wounds are not
serious
The store of D. B. Rigdon, in Bulloch
county, was burned down last week and
81, 800 in money lost, besides large stock
of goods, upon which there was no insur-
ance. The fire is thought to have been the
work of an incendiary.
Jack Nash, travelling printer, who
H. Let Il IN, hos Falt hkrIil la
Ne,us Office, says that be was one of the
party that captured jeff Davis He states
that he took Miss Winnie, then a little tod
dler. in his arms, carrying her some dis
tance.
Judge James NJ. Welborn, of Warrenton,
had the misfortune to either lose or have
stolen from him last week the sum of $3.50
He had been carrying the money in his
pocket, but when he went to examine, Mon
day morning, it was gone. There is no trace
Of the thief.
W. B. Seay, construction "boss" on the
Americas, Preston and Lumpkin, while
stepping from the train to the embankment
of the road near Rochelle Thursday, was
thrown down by the caving of the embank-
ment, and fell on his left arm, dislocating
his shoulder.
There is lad on Fai; Hill near Warren
ton, who startcl ous in January with
small yearling w@eC to school five months,
and has tfadsd around until he has $25 i'll
cash, bettes' yearhng. four goats, and Is
now clearing him cotton patch at night
for next year.
At Dawson, s V Brown, manufacturer
Of and dealer in wagons and buggies, has
failed, and J',ds John T. Clarke has APP
pointed Hon. Homer s. Bell receiver As
sets about $4,000, and liabilities about
$500. Cause of failure heavy competition
with Northern manufacturers and poor col
lections.
Saturday Griffin merchant saw a man
trying to get change for $40 who had been
due him a bill for some time He walked
up to him and requested payment. The
debtor turned to him and said, Here,
take this SO and give me credit for it; |
can't get it changed, so you might as well
take it, He took it,
Five large brick stores, with solid glass
fronts, are being erected corner Taliaferro
and Spring streets, at Tallapoosa, by Dr. +.
H. Edwards and NJ. A Cason, both of Due
West, s. c., and will be completed and
ready for use by Jan. |. These will be by
far the finest business houses yet erected in
Tallapoosa, and will be rented or sold as
soon as completed
Last Tuo<A morning the town of Rut-
ledge was stocked and saddened by the sud
den death of Esj W P Quiliian of heart
disease. Rev. 5uillian wa a young man
and bright IL siu-. of the Methodist Con-
ference He had Just returned from quar-
terly conference at Pleasant Hill the day
before his death, and though somewhat fee
BILE, none dreamed that the end was so
close.
Fort Gai1es Advertiser. A certain
farmer came 20 town and stopped all tight
with a friend The next morning b. fore
day he awoke, acd began yelling out orders,
to arouse the household, as he did at home.
After causing his friends to think that he
was crazy, or that the house was afire, he
discovered where he was, his commands
ceased in short order, and he left before
breakfast.
Charles Hinton, who died recently at
Hickory Flat, Cherokee county, was well
known both i'll Carroll and HARRISON coun-
ties, having lived for a long time near old
Villa Rica, where he raised large family.
He was 81 years OF age and had been q
member of the Methodist church seventy
five years, and class leader for sixty years.
No charge detrimental to his character had
ever been brought against him.
Ebert Hill, of the Buck Creek district OF
Schley county, lost daughter, Miss Katie,
about is or 10 years old last Sunday night
of typhoid fever. While the family were
vet in deep grief over the loss of the fair
daughter, relentless death again seized in
his cold embrace a younger SON. John S. on
robbing this once bright and happy home OF
two of its cherished inmates in less than a
week.
There is an abundance of iron ore within
two miles of Buchanan, some of which has
been assayed and showed over 55 per cent
Of pure iron, of fine quality. 1t is said TO be
an undisputed fact that all of the ITALIA
pooss Land Company's ore is much nearer
Buchanan than Tallapoosa, and every mine
taey have opened is only FROM offe.haif "
three miles from the survey on the Buchan-
an route, while the Land Company don't
claim that they have single mine nearer
than five miles from Tallapoosa.
Lafayette Messenger: The unwritten
part of the exposition is the most striking
At Billiards. restaurant hungry Alabam
ian came in and sat down at a table where
man was eating his dinner. Seeing a glass
OF milk on the table and being thirsty the
newcomer reached out, took It and drank
part Of it. AS he set it down the man who
had been robbed looked him in the face and
said, Indignantly: That's blank cool y
The other, entirely misunderstanding him
replied pleasantly: Eyes, it has ice in it.
A team of mules belonging TO McGinty &
Hunnicutt, of Athens, was driven near the
hanks of the river at Moore's branch Satur.
day The team was drawing brick wagon
The driver carried the wagon too near the
brink and the mules being alarmed backed